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NewsSky Arts raises curtain on Playhouse Presents
Sky Arts has ordered its third run of Playhouse Presents comedies and dramas starring talent including Matthew Perry, Cara Delevingne and Ben Whishaw.
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NewsProduction accounting guide launched
Industry collective the Production Accounting Forum has released an online guide to production accounting.
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NewsDiscovery snaps up Raw
Discovery Communications has struck a deal to buy Gold Rush producer Raw TV.
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NewsCompany & Element secure TV3 soap
Irish broadcaster TV3 has struck a deal with Shameless indie Company Pictures and Quirke-producer Element Pictures to produce a long-running local soap.
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NewsBBC2 plans Stoke City kit-man biopic
Pete Bowker has penned a one-off BBC2 drama about a former Stoke City kit man, which will star Toby Jones and be directed by Entourage’s Julian Farino.
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NewsRadio 1 digital producers exit for social start-up
BBC Radio 1 digital execs Alistair Parrington and Laura-May Coope are leaving the station to launch social media agency, Social Life.
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NewsBBC3 doc ‘infringed’ privacy of nurse
BBC3 has been rapped for failing to disguise the identity of nurse in a Cherry Healey-fronted documentary examining the health conditions associated with excessive drinking.
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NewsBBC launches three apprenticeships
The BBC has launched three apprenticeship schemes as the corporation bids to better reflect the makeup of modern Britain.
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NewsBBC bids on Antiques Road Trip bulk order
STV Productions has been commissioned to make a further four series of Antiques Road Trip for BBC1 and a fourth series of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip for BBC2.
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NewsJulia Bradbury preps ITV show
Julia Bradbury has quit BBC1’s Countryfile and is preparing to host an ITV series about Britain’s landscape.
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NewsC4 orders floods doc
C4 has ordered a fast-turnaround doc from Pioneer Productions about the UK’s recent floods.
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NewsC5 orders three crime docs
Channel 5 has commissioned three crime docs from Twofour, Title Role and Crackit Productions.
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NewsSusanna Reid joins revamped ITV breakfast show
ITV has confirmed that Susanna Reid will join the broadcaster to host a revamped breakfast show titled Good Morning Britain.
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NewsDiscovery and Viacom bid for C5
Discovery, MTV-owner Viacom and UKTV-backer Scripps Network are among the companies battling to acquire Channel 5.
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NewsDave reads more Crackanory
Dave is set for another batch of quirky storytelling after it recommissioned Tiger Aspect’s Crackanory.
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NewsUS writers union blasts ITV Studios
The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) has accused ITV Studios America of depriving around 150 writers and producers of up to $30,000 a year in overtime pay on its unscripted programmes including National Geographic’s Cesar 911 and A&E’s The First 48.
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NewsC5 snaps up Ironside
Channel 5 has acquired the cancelled Blair Underwood-fronted reboot of cop drama Ironside.
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NewsDoreen Lawrence praises broadcasters
Baroness Doreen Lawrence has given her blessing to the way in which broadcasters have handled their coverage of her son Stephen’s murder over the last 20 years.
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NewsBBC to open Top Gear talks
The BBC is poised to open talks with hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May over another long-term deal for Top Gear.
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NewsC4 hunts for Ultimate Dealer
Channel 4 is searching for the ultimate wheeler dealer with its latest commission, a 15-part daytime series from IWC Media.